The Story of Star Wars
The Story of Star Wars | |
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Audio drama | |
Length | 48:41 |
Label | 20th Century Fox |
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The Story of Star Wars is a 1977 record album presenting an abridged version of the events depicted in the film
The original film became a hit in the days before
Foreign language versions of the album were released in French (L'Historie de La Guerre des étoiles, narrated by Dominique Paturel), German (Krieg der Sterne, narrated by F. J. Steffens), Spanish (La Historia de La Guerra de las Galaxias, narrated by José Catalá). Mexican Spanish (Argumento Completo Narrado de La Guerra de las Galaxias, narrated by León Canales) and Japanese (スターウォーズストーリー日本語版, The Star Wars Story - Japanese Edition, narrated by Taichirō Hirokawa).
The sequel films were also given the same treatment of being turned into truncated audio dramas of their soundtracks, The Empire Strikes Back was adapted for records by RSO Records, under the subtitle The Adventures of Luke Skywalker with narration by Malachi Throne, and Return of the Jedi was also made by Walt Disney Productions into an abridged version for audio, under its Buena Vista Records banner and with narration provided by Chuck Riley.
Track Listing
- "The Story of Star Wars" (Part One) (25:19)[2]
- "The Story of Star Wars" (Part Two) (25:02)
See also
- National Public Radioseries that ran for 13 episodes.
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, a 1982 record album that featured an abridged version of the events of the 1982 film.
References
- ^ "Do You Remember the Story of Star Wars LP?". December 6, 2017.
- ^ a b The Story of Star Wars, Discogs
- ^ "The Story of Star Wars on Vinyl - 1977". July 31, 2016.
- RIAAweb site